Here's a question???The new sculpts from the upcoming box set, are those designs going to be available later in metal from IWM?? Not plastic lance sets or anything, but normal overpriced catalog minis??

Here's a question???The new sculpts from the upcoming box set, are those designs going to be available later in metal from IWM?? Not plastic lance sets or anything, but normal overpriced catalog minis??

Personally I'd be pretty ecstatic if they were released in the plastic lance pack format. I bought every one that was released, and definitely want more plastic crack to go with the metal meth I'm addicted to.

Ralpha Europe use to make those with original catapult mini. They stopped because deal i think. Im not looked into getting a K3 heavy ppc variant but that was con exclusive if i remember right.

The K2 RPE made was the one for MechForce UK. I have a couple of those, and they are really nice looking.

This newer one was designed by Matthew "Stinger" Cross, as a "Dark Age" revamp of the old CPLT-C1 Catapult...kind of trying to bring it into a more modern look. He added the PPC's as a gesture to the community knowing how coveted that sculpt was.

The one you are referencing is the CATLTD-06 Limited Edition Catapult CPLT-K4, which comes with Missile Boxes to make the CPLT-C4.

So, some further clarification on the CPLT-C2 Catapult. The C2 was originally designed for MechWarrior Dark Age in the very original release. They then back-ported through stats to classic BattleTech later and made the mech premier inn 3062.

From there, the weapons load (2 cannons in the torso) made it a perfect candidate for me to swap the missiles for PPCs and then call those torso weapons machine guns.

Are those PPCs Canon? I'm not totally sure. But no matter what, they should be some fun additions to your collection!

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